Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-23
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CANT clothing was found the other day
IN snoW-bank beside thc Cmca 90
and Northwestern railway track near
Milwaukee. # had evidently been
thrown from the window of pa sing
train.
Professor c. p. G. Scott formerly
Of Columbia College, SITS in his room az
IS Fifth avenue, New YORK, al day and
p good part ot the night compiling 2
dictionary whose distinctive feature !, r.
he the ctylmolcmes Of words. Sitting
on revolving chair surrounded by q
circular shclf on which are all tn ol"-
.ionarcs past and present, Professor
Scott traces each word and then dc,yc
into dead and ali sorts of language for
lis original. 4 typewriter that rcpr.-
sonis the phonetic alphabet is ut ms
elbow. COR Il Is intended that the de-
tionaly shall he guided by the pr,n@'-
pies Of phonetic spelling and according
10 the views of the best English AMI
American rnilologists. Rhyme viii bc
crime and fantom will spell phan-
tom. and other interesting changes viii
appear in the work.
Lately there burst at Thionyiilc, near
Nctz. an old shell, preserved from the
wear 1870, which killed q boy playing
near. TIE authorities therciorep made
a search for any shells kept as memo
Iial,, alf,l found more than hundred.
Their pOsscssCrs are most yunaVarc OF
the danger incurred in keeping the-'
uneXpiodcd shells gathered from ths
baitlc-iiclds. 50 that it is vondermOrc
accidents have not occurred. Alitho5e
found are to i've carefully exploded by
the military authorities. The she'll
TUNED mp by the piow in great mum
hcrs in the soft soil Of ploughed fields
at Niais-lc-Tour. 1Monviile, Gryclot,
st. Triyat. and No;sseyille, have,
through tie influence of the damp, lost
all power al explosion. the peasant
were at first afraid OF touching them
with the ploH, hut, though heaps have
been turned NJ, no accident has ever
occurred
Cutting of an objectionable son with
tie angry shilling does not AWAY uc-
cced. At Orion. in tie Lower PyTr-
noes, Nnasson lad con who refused
10 WORK save only WHOM compelled b.
actual want. He preferred to spon-
On Dis father eyed siEtEnip", stealing
INTO the house and carving OF ta.
contents 81 the cupboard or the Pot.
Once the father rreparcd tempt
ing soup. poisoned II strongly. an !
went out. Later the son broke IN and
deyoured the mess His suffering at
tractod some neighbors, vine saved his
lie by giving him strong DOSES of warm
milk. Recovered, ne returned to his
old tricks. 4 few days ago the father
spicd the son entering the house by .
window he seized his Rm, which had
been specially charged with ball and
buckshot. and shot the young man
dead. After that drastic remedy tn:
father displayed rot the slightest COM
junction III presence ot the corpse.
The Marquis Cantino. of Italy, re
Gently fell in love with Young Eng
lish millionaire, Miss Ada Rutland, AMI
arrangements were made FOR the mar
mage Of the pair The day came, the
guests were all gathered, the clergy
man WAS ready. All at once the bride
appeared. \ thrill of excitement min
Qicd with admiration ran through The
party. The white dress worn by the
lady Was seen TO be- decorated with CIR
landsof white doves too numerous to b.
counted. The face o. the Marquis dark
ened ns he asked: Whore did You
Get these ?" ooh, was the qnicE
response. - bitupon this splendid idea
myself, and gave instructions to tha
farmers on my English estates to catch
al the doves they could and send them
to me" land you suppose coldiy
said the Marquis, that can take yoa
to my arms with that murderer's dress
about YOU Never ] despise you
Thusspeaiing, the horritied bridegroom
do1tcd from the room, and took the
next train COR Paris
Sir Francis Hastings Doyle put the
following good stony into his lately
published book Of "reminiscences.
James Alan Park was worthy Old
Judge, believer in special proyi1ences,
and extremely eccentric. BE was II
TIE habit of talking aloud 10 himself
without knowing it. In one case that
came before him the prisoner was ac-
cused Of stealing some fagots, and Park,
on the bench, was heard to mutter some
thing TO this effect. that he did nctaulte
see his way to Il verdict, one fagot beng
as like aRother fagot as one egg Is Ike
another egg. The quick-eared barrlster
retained for the defence caught these
murmurings from above, and instantly
made use of them. "Now, witness,
be cried out, "you swear to those
fagots; how dare you do such thing?
is not one fagot as like another fagot
as one egg is like another eggY I'M
mediateiy the Judge, who, though u
good man, had certainly no claim 10 be
an angel, rushed in without any proper
apprehoIsions. "Stop the case, he
shouted, "stop it at once; the conci-
dence is quite miraculous. ! vow to
God that very same thought in the very
same words passed through my mind
only few seconds ago Heaven mas
interlered - shield an innocent msn,
Gent.t men Of the fuvy. you VII a3quit